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Mezz Mezzrow - 1947 (1999)

Posted By: gribovar
Mezz Mezzrow - 1947 (1999)

Mezz Mezzrow - 1947 (1999)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 165 MB | Covers - 8 MB
Genre: Early Jazz, Dixieland | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Classics Records (CLASSICS1095)

Mezz Mezzrow was a jazz musician better known for writing his exaggerated autobiography Really the Blues in 1946 than for his clarinet playing. This Classics disc highlights the year 1947 when Mezzrow was recording for his own King Jazz label. Even on up-tempo hot numbers, a hazy laid back approach was consistently maintained, which may have had something to do with Mezzrow's fondness for marijuana. However, these are highly enjoyable recordings that feature vocalist Coot Grant on six of the discs 20 tracks along with top New Orleans jazzmen including Sidney Bechet, Pops Foster, and Baby Dodds.

Mezz Mezzrow - 1944-1945 (1999)

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Mezz Mezzrow - 1944-1945 (1999)

Mezz Mezzrow - 1944-1945 (1999)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 169 MB | Covers (4 MB) included
Genre: Early Jazz, Dixieland | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Classics Records (CLASSICS1074)

Mezz Mezzrow was a fascinating and driven character, very involved during the mid-'40s with dynamic elements like Integration, Socialism, Sidney Bechet, Afro-American culture in general, and most emphatically his personal religion, The Blues. Mezz always returned to this idiom, this way of thinking and playing, as if it were home. The trio session that opens this disc is composed of four variations on blues changes. "Feather's Lament," a searching sequel to "Really the Blues," trails off suddenly at the three-and-a-half-minute mark. It is obvious that Mezz was absorbed in his reverie, probably playing with his eyes closed, and lost track of the time. This is a precious little segment of the Mezzrow chronology. Intimate communication between three friends resulted in music of incredible honesty and depth, particularly at slow tempos…

Mezz Mezzrow - 1951-1953 (2005)

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Mezz Mezzrow - 1951-1953 (2005)

Mezz Mezzrow - 1951-1953 (2005)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 293 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 159 MB | Covers (3 MB) included
Genre: Early Jazz, Dixieland | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Classics Records (CLASSICS1393)

This seventh volume in the Chronological Classics series documenting the wildly flamboyant personality Mezz Mezzrow is finally nearing the end, focusing in on the last decade of his life as a recording artist; he lived for another 14 years after he stopped. This set features Mezzrow in the company of Claude Bolling, Red Richards, Buck Clayton, Red Richards, Mowgli Jospin, Big Chief Russell Moore, Zutty Singleton and others. The program is all the old tunes, played and played again, from Mezzrow's own minor classic "Really the Blues" (the title of his memoir as well), to "Royal Garden Blues," "When the Saints Go Marching In," "Honeysuckle Rose" and many more; the feel is relaxed and easy. There is little real innovation going on here, but the sound is terrific and the tunes themselves are timeless. Mezzrow collectors will want this addition to the catalog.